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Authors: M. R. Wells

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Gone with the Wyndy

Don’t Be Deceived

The Dog Who Played with Fire

To Quench or Not to Quench?

Why Wally Bloomed

Talents Need Nurture

Chasing Buggies

What Do You Pursue?

Part IV

Tales to Lift Your Spirits

The Pup That Wouldn’t Give Up

Persistence Pays

The Facebook Bark

Communication Counts

Paper Dog Delight

Joy Is Contagious

Marley and Goliath

The Small Can Be Mighty

Short, But Not Shortchanged

God Sized Us for a Purpose

The Gospel According to Munchie

The Price Must Be Right

The Best Gift Ever

Receive and Rejoice

God’s Plum Jam

Mix Some Sweet with the Bitter

Dog of Good Cheer

God Comforts Us

Munchie Gets a Leg Up

Answer God’s Help Wanted Ad

Tag, You’re It

How Does God Speak to You?

Puppy in a Haystack

God Restores

Dog Tails…er, Tales, by Author

Meet the Authors

More Books by the Authors

About the Publisher

The Dog Who Amazes

T
here is a certain instinctive fellowship among dog lovers. It’s like proud parents getting together. We grab our cell phones and click through our photos to share their latest mug shots. We trade stories about the endearing and often amazing things they’ve done. We marvel at their loyalty and love.

A lucky few, like this book’s authors, have the privilege of going one “paw” further. We are blessed to collect their antics into books. And in the midst of being blown away by our beloved canine friends, we are even more blown away by the God who made them.

Dogs aren’t just an accident of nature. They are a grand design and a gift from our loving Lord. He knew what dogs and humans could give to each other. He knew we needed their furry comfort in our frenetic twenty-first-century world. And in a society where dogs are far more common than sheep, He knew He could use them as pointers and pictures to draw us closer to Him.

Without “pulling you by the tale,” we hope the stories in this book will not only entertain and amuse you, but offer some spiritual kibble to gnaw on. We hope they’ll give you new insights—some we didn’t even catch ourselves. And we hope they will spur you to look with new eyes at the dogs in your life for the messages God may be sending through them to your heart.

Meet the Authors’ Pups

Becca Wells
is a gorgeous reddish-tan and white Pomeranian princess. She has a huge heart in her petite little body. When I’m hurting, she leaps into my lap and lavishes me with doggie kisses.

 

Marley Wells
is a handsome white-and-sable papillon mix. With his markings, this six-pounder makes me think of a tiny paint horse. He loves snuggling and cuddling with me, pulling his doggie sister’s tail, and trying to convince my other four-foots he’s “top dog.”

 

Morgan Wells
was part Sheltie, part “potluck,” and all personality. He grabbed my heart when I got him as a two-year-old rescue, and held it in his gentle paws ever after.

 

Munchie Wells
is a stunning tricolored papillon mix. This lover dog is mellow most of the time. But every now and then, he’ll push past his doggie and kitty siblings, squeeze close to me or climb into my lap, and paw at me as if to say, “You’re mine!”

 

McPherson Fleishauer
was a beautiful and loving shepherd mix. He was our first pup as a young married couple, and we all learned a lot together. He matured into a fine working farm dog and served as a canine nanny to all three of our children when they were little. Even in old age, he never relinquished his role as our family’s friend and protector.

 

Stuart Fleishauer
is a handsome tan and white Welsh corgi. He is strong and active, but acts like a gentleman—um, “gentledog”—with his canine sister, Squitchey. He loves being with us—protecting, cuddling, and licking our ears.

 

Squitchey Fleishauer
is a “bad hair day” Yorkie mix with a sweet and silly personality. She spends a lot of her energy protecting her home and family and then rests on her loved ones’ laps. She is small in stature but has a huge heart, and is always quick to make us smile.

 

Gracie Young
was Kris’s beloved corgi-shepherd mix. She helped inspire our pet lovers’ devotional series. Though she doesn’t have a story in this book, we celebrate her great heart and spirit and honor her memory.

Part I

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